Kids Discover Their Parents’ Cool Past

“Oh, let me just smile in front of the camera with a Nintendo on my lap to show you how cool I am.” Well, dad, you really did it. You showed us how cool you are with that fancy beard of yours and that fabulous hair that makes you look like a long-lost sibling of a Led Zeppelin band member.

Alright, let’s just leave dad’s fashion sense and glamorous look for a while. Let’s talk about the Nintendo on his lap. This controller deck, released in 1985, is among the first generations of gaming consoles—– which makes this awesome dad’s kid one of the first gamers! But the question has to be asked: Did he really buy it for his kid or himself?